Breakfast Bacon Egg and Grilled Cheese Paninis

Ingredients you’ll need:
1 (12) inch loaf Italian/French bread
butter
1 1/2 cups of egg whites or the equivalent of  beaten eggs, plus 1/4 cup milk or half & half
salt & black pepper to taste
1 Tbsp chopped chives
12 oz bacon, cooked (whole slices or crumbled)
12 slices Colby-Jack cheese
Optional filling: cooked crumbled sausage, diced ham, spinach, or mushrooms

Directions:
Cook the bacon or desired amount of sausage and set aside on a paper towel to drain.  [If using spinach or mushrooms, saute those in the pan before adding the egg.]  Season with salt and black pepper to your taste.  Melt 1 Tbsp of butter to a non-stick saute pan and add the beaten egg.  Season with salt and black pepper to your taste and sprinkle with the chopped chives.   Add the cooked and crumbled bacon, sausage or ham evenly throughout.  Soft scramble the eggs just until they’re cooked through.  While the eggs are cooking, slice the bread into twelve 1 inch slices and butter one side of each.  When the eggs finish cooking, remove from the heat and set aside.

Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat.   Place one side of the buttered bread into the pan.  Top with cheese, slices of bacon, cooked egg mixture,  then more cheese.  [The cheese not only adds flavor but, it’s the “glue” that holds the panini together.]  Place the second piece of buttered bread on top and press down gently with a spatula.  Grill until the cheese melts and the Paninis are golden on both sides.  Serve immediately.  Yield: 6 Paninis

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Breakfast Paninis

Servings 6 Paninis

Author Melissa Sperka

Ingredients

• 1 12 inch loaf Italian/French bread
• butter
• 1 1/2 cups of egg whites or the equivalent of beaten eggs plus 1/4 cup milk or half & half
• salt & black pepper to taste
• 1 Tbsp chopped chives
• 12 oz bacon slices cooked left whole or crumbled
• 12 slices Colby-Jack cheese
• Optional filling: cooked crumbled sausage diced ham, spinach, or mushrooms

Instructions

1. Cook the bacon or desired amount of sausage and set aside on a paper towel to drain. [:If using spinach or mushrooms, saute those in the pan before adding the egg.] Season with salt and black pepper to your taste.
2. Melt 1 Tbsp of butter to a non-stick saute pan and add the beaten egg. Season with salt and black pepper to your taste and sprinkle with the chopped chives.
3. Add the cooked and crumbled bacon, sausage or ham evenly throughout.
4. Soft scramble the eggs just until they're cooked through.
5. While the eggs are cooking, slice the bread into twelve 1 inch slices and butter one side of each.
6. When the eggs finish cooking, remove from the heat and set aside.
7. Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
8. Place one side of the buttered bread into the pan.
9. Top with cheese, slices of bacon, cooked egg mixture, then more cheese. [The cheese not only adds flavor but, it's the "glue" that holds the panini together.]
10. Place the second piece of buttered bread on top and press down gently with a spatula.
11. Grill until the cheese melts and the Paninis are golden on both sides.
12. Serve immediately.